“The pre-Pearl Harbor issue has been liquidated, not because of an act of national will power. It had faded before the immediate tasks of war. The new year brought so many jobs to do, so many problems to grapple with that there was no time to remember 1941… At no time in the year has there been a real failure on the part of Americans to appreciate the gravity of the war job… The past year has proved that the people of this Republic can hold elections, change officeholders, discuss public questions cuss at each other a little, make mistakes and still carry on a successful war.”
